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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Will Durrant

£2 bus fare cap hike puts rural routes at risk, MP warns

MPs debated improving public transport, including rural bus routes (Nick Potts/PA) - (PA Archive)

Higher bus fares put rural routes at risk of closure, an MP has warned, while another said he had heard from would-be passengers who have had to turn down job offers because of gaps in the network.

Sarah Dyke, the Liberal Democrat MP for Glastonbury and Somerton, said she hoped the end of the £2 bus fare cap “is not the start of things to come” for rural England.

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